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    Request : Help on Dos box

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      escc1986
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      I'm new to dos box

      I have this game " Willy Bemish " The cd version with all the files

      I renamed the folder to Willy

      I put all the cd files in there including the "WILLLY.exec"

      I made a Willy.bat file so it could be viewed in the PC games menu

      I now get to Willy options

      I click the Willy and it loads nothing and returns to the menus

      I click the second Willy and it brings me up an install menue ( I didn't know what to do , so I pressed installed ) and it's done and returns to the main menus

      So I'm not sure what to do

      Hope it's not too hard

      Thank you for any help

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        quicksilver @escc1986
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        @escc1986 what format is the CD image? Is it an .iso?

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          escc1986 @quicksilver
          last edited by

          @quicksilver

          It was an ISO

          I extracted the ISO

          To get all the files inside including the .EXE

          So not an ISO , just all the files inside of the folder labeled "willy"

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            escc1986
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            I Apologize

            I guess I should of mentioned

            I'm using retropie

            Includes Emulation station

            With the dosbox emulation I'm using for the PC games

            All my other dos games work fine but then again I don't have any CD format games only Floppy game files

            So I guess I don't know how to install this CD based Games
            " The Adventures of Willy Bemish "

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              escc1986
              last edited by

              If anyone is curious

              Here is a video of my problem

              https://dropmefiles.com/tiqam

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                escc1986
                last edited by

                Hi

                Im In Need Of Some Help

                I'm Using Retropie , With Emulationstation ( an Image I Grabbed online)

                Under my PC Games Menue I have a ton of games , all dos floppy games no CD Games
                (On PC under /roms/PC All games Are in there folder and at the root each game has a .bat file for it to be shown to run the game

                I Want to install a CD game ( The Adventures of Willy Bemish)

                I'm not sure how to do this

                I have the game in a folder (no ISO) lots of files including the WILLY.exe file

                I then make a .bat for the game and place it the root of the /roms/pc

                I then place the willy folder (Game file ) also in the root of the directory /roms/pc

                I restart emulationstation

                Now it shows up 2 Willy files to choose in PC games menu

                I click the 1sr one , nothing happens , it loads then returns to me the menu

                I click the 2nd, it loads and brings up the installation screen , (i didn't know what to do , I just pressed continue and it said install complete ... then it returned to the PC games menu

                Now I click the 1st Willy again and nothing happens , loads and reruns me to the menu

                I'm New to all this and not sure what I'm doIng wrong

                Hope someone will be able to Help me

                Here is a link of a video of my issue

                https://dropmefiles.com/tiqam

                Hope someone is able to help

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                  mitu Global Moderator @escc1986
                  last edited by mitu

                  @escc1986 Please don't post multiple topics for the same problem. I've merged your new topic with the previous one.
                  When posting a support topic, please add the info requested in https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first to your post.

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                    quicksilver
                    last edited by

                    You don't want to extract the files from the iso. We need to mount the .iso as if it's loaded in a CD ROM drive. Probably best to start over, what are the original files you are working with? Can you post a picture of the directories?

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                      escc1986 @mitu
                      last edited by

                      @mitu

                      I do apologize for the repost , I felt I didn't explain myself well enough in the first post

                      Thank you for the help to merge

                      I do apologize for the mistake

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                        escc1986 @quicksilver
                        last edited by

                        @quicksilver

                        Ok I'm kind of confused ...

                        Don't know what or how to mount

                        and not sure what you meant about the ISO

                        Here is a picture of the directory of my willy folder now

                        https://dropmefiles.com/G1JG3

                        If you could explain step by step on what I should do would help me a lot

                        Thank you for the replys to help

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                          escc1986 @escc1986
                          last edited by

                          @escc1986

                          I guess you could say another BIG issue I'm having

                          Is

                          I don't know how to get to the command line of Dos box ?

                          Or I don't know how to launch dos box to get the command line

                          Because if i need to mount something I'm sure in need the command line in dos box

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                            mitu Global Moderator @escc1986
                            last edited by

                            @escc1986 said in Request : Help on Dos box:

                            Or I don't know how to launch dos box to get the command line

                            The first entry in the pc system is +Start DOSbox - this is what you can run to get a DosBox command line.

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                              escc1986 @mitu
                              last edited by

                              @mitu

                              Alright from my Main Retropie screen

                              I pressed start then
                              "Quit Emulationstation"

                              I then was in command line

                              I typed : +Start DOSbox

                              and it said command it found

                              Here is picture (please let me know what I did wrong )

                              https://dropmefiles.com/bLsAE

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                                mitu Global Moderator @escc1986
                                last edited by mitu

                                @escc1986 said in Request : Help on Dos box:

                                Alright from my Main Retropie screen
                                I pressed start then
                                "Quit Emulationstation"

                                Who said anything about quitting EmulationStation ? You go to the PC (or MSDOS) system in EmulationStation, where you have copied your game, and there you have the +Start DOSBox entry:

                                51270c38-2173-4078-a69f-22cce4694cd1-image.png

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                                  escc1986 @mitu
                                  last edited by

                                  @mitu

                                  My Apologias

                                  Unfortunately I do not have that option when I see go into the PC Menu

                                  https://dropmefiles.com/3wcfU

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                                    quicksilver @escc1986
                                    last edited by

                                    @escc1986 did you configure this image yourself? Or is this a pre-configured image that you downloaded with games already on it?

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                                      escc1986 @quicksilver
                                      last edited by

                                      @quicksilver

                                      This was an already made image

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                                        escc1986
                                        last edited by

                                        Ok ... I found out how to start dosbox on my retropie

                                        "Quit Emulationstation"

                                        I then typed

                                        cd /opt/retropie/emulators/dosbox/bin (enter)

                                        Then I pressed : sudo ./dosbox (enter) To start dosbox

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                                          quicksilver @escc1986
                                          last edited by

                                          @escc1986 we can't support third party images. See: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

                                          If you want troubleshooting help youll need to start with the official stock image. Otherwise you'll need to ask the that image's creator for help.

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                                            escc1986
                                            last edited by

                                            think you could still help me , im just a noob at this and it shoulnt be that hard .

                                            ok ... i encounter another issue

                                            i entered Dosbox command

                                            the keyboard is typing different keys ... so the keyboard is messed up

                                            here is my config file for dosbox

                                            https://dropmefiles.com/gvDUp

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